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OX5 2GP

Kidlington East · Cherwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Kidlington East
Local authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock
Postcode district
OX5
Postcode sector
OX5 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX5 2GG 0 m
OX5 2GL 0 m
OX5 2GN 0 m
OX5 2BP 24 m
OX5 2PL 24 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX5 2GP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX5
Postcode sector
OX5 2
Latitude
51.822144
Longitude
-1.288528
British National Grid easting
449,133
British National Grid northing
213,963

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Cherwell · E07000177
Electoral ward
Kidlington East · E05010932
Parish or community
E04008057
Westminster constituency
Bicester and Woodstock · E14001090
Output area
E00145172
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 017D · E01028491
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 017 · E02005937

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
12
Secondary
2

  1. North Kidlington Primary School

    Community school

    291 m

  2. St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington

    Academy converter

    777 m

  3. West Kidlington Primary and Nursery School

    Academy sponsor led

    777 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
760
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 325
  • Other theft 75
  • Anti social behaviour 73
  • Public order 60
  • Criminal damage and arson 56

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
OX5 2 residents
9,140

Age bands in OX5 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.5%
1,301 residents
Age 15 to 24
8.6%
777 residents
Age 25 to 44
23.1%
2,076 residents
Age 45 to 64
26.8%
2,408 residents
Age 65 and over
27%
2,432 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE KEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    EXETER CLOSE, OXFORD ROAD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 1AP

    ODS code K84082

    80 m

  • GOSFORD HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    167 OXFORD ROAD, GOSFORD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 2NS

    ODS code K84045

    909 m

  • ISLIP SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, BLETCHINGDON ROAD, ISLIP, KIDLINGTON, OX5 2TQ

    ODS code K84003

    3.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Exeter Hall

    BCT · Kidlington

    106 m

  • Exeter Hall

    BCT · Kidlington

    162 m

  • Tesco

    BCT · Kidlington

    186 m

  • Tesco

    BCT · Kidlington

    211 m

  • Treeground Place

    BCT · Kidlington

    247 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 017D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

10 of 10

Overall England rank

30,775 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
8 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

17 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools. North Kidlington Primary School is the nearest published school at 291 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

760 published events cover 12 months, averaging 63 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 325 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.